Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa)

The Hotel There was a time when hotels were run by real people - warm people, driven by their need to provide travellers with a comfortable stay, a sanctuary and a base of secret knowledge which unlocked the best things in life at their chosen destination. The Grand Daddy is this hotel. The Grand Daddy celebrates generosity, creativity and Cape Town. Explore our plush and playful rooms, our quirky corridors, our bling-beautiful Daddy Cool bar and our urban Showroom Cafe. Continue the journey in our one-of-a-kind Airstream Penthouse Park, where Table Mountain watches over you as you play out nostalgia in style. Eat, drink, smile, enjoy life and sleep like a baby. Welcome to The Grand Daddy. Rooms – Superior rooms Chic yet delicately daring, the Grand Daddy’s rooms are subtle, stylish and silvery. Air-conditioned, en-suite and entertaining; the comforts of an internationally recognised four-star hotel room are made all the more delicious when peppered with clever local touches under the direction of Cape Town based décor-magician, Tracy Lynch. Lampshades boast South African place names - from Poffadder to Polakwane - and headboards are bedecked with African-aloe silhouettes. Snug furry blankets add texture to cool cotton linen-whites, whilst geographic origami inspires you to plan your travels on silver-etched black globes. Luxe out in your ensuite marble bathroom as you daydream about adventures, seeping in the ebb and flow of memories that you want to hold onto forever. Suites – The Sugar Daddy Suite If you like to take your privacy and comfort seriously, then we seriously think you’ll love our Sugar Daddy Suites. The Sugar Daddy Suites (there are two separate suites) have their own secluded, wooden-decked patios, elegant lounges with plasma TV, king-size beds and deluxe bathrooms. It’s the kind of place you wont want to leave – thank goodness Cape Town is so full of gorgeous places and people and things that you’ll be convinced to make the trip outside. The Airstream Penthouse Park A gleaming fleet of seven iconic American Airstream trailers have packed up their corndogs and tucked away their picnic blankets to roost on the rooftop of The Grand Daddy Hotel. Here, the quintessential African skies and the alluring outline of Cape Town’s Table Mountain are reflected in the polished aluminium of the American Dream. Peek inside – there’s more! Each of the seven trailers has been handed over to some incredibly creative Capetonian soul to find new life through playful, eccentric and dazzling décor interpretations of how life in an Airstream can be. Your Airstream is enclosed by a tidy garden complete with US Postal Service mailboxes. Watch an outdoor movie on hot summer nights at The Pink Flamingo Cinema and find an excuse to make this the destination for your next gathering of family and friends. All the Airstreams are air-conditioned, incredibly well-insulated, have hot and cold running water, flushing toilets and showers. For those who want to pimp their park life and flash their trailer trash – or for those who simply want to experience the world’s only trailer park penthouse suite - just take the vintage elevator to the third floor, take the rooftop exit and enter the adventure. Daddy Cool Lounge Bar Sparkly, shiny and more than a little bit reminiscent of the uber-decadent seventies decade; Daddy Cool’s is a lounge bar for dudes and divas with cool cuts, Afros and Abba-esque tresses. Golden shimmering surfaces shout Champagne on Ice, coat Martini olives in golden sensuality and bounces liquid light off happy holiday faces. It’s crazy like a fool…you’ll love Daddy Cools. The Showroom Café Legendary Cape Town chef, Bruce Robertson, has teamed up with the exceptionally capable and impressively experienced, Simoné Rossouw to create a very yummy corner café right here at The Grand Daddy. Start with breakfast! The Showroom Café serves an excellent range – try a different one each day of your stay – and has a variety of ‘good mood food’ options for lunch and dinner. The daily marketplace is a tempting spread of buffet salads, hot bakes and curries and gorgeous home-baked breads – you can also go a la carte. Eavesdrop on Capetonians doing business over your morning coffee and papers, dine on fresh fish or a good cut of meat at dinner or indulge yourself with a night in and some room service. Note the extensive wine list too!